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Moscow's fuel stations limit sales amid shortages linked to Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries

Russian authorities have banned exports of gasoline and diesel, eased fuel quality requirements and began importing petroleum products.

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A general view shows the Novorossiysk Fuel Oil Terminal (NMT) in the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, Russia May 30, 2018. Picture taken May 30, 2018.
Smoke billows from a warehouse, after deadly Ukrainian drone attacks, as per regional governors, in Elektrostal, Moscow Region, Russia, July 18, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video.

Russia's Putin orders government to help rebuild warehouses destroyed in Ukrainian attacks

Putin said the economy was growing modestly despite external pressure, a reference to Western sanctions, and despite Ukrainian attacks on industrial and infrastructure facilities.

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Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) smoke cigarettes after a swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine August 19, 2026.

Russia and Ukraine swap 103 prisoners of war each

Ukraine's military intelligence head Oleh Ivashchenko said that another exchange was expected before the end of the month.

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US special envoy Steve Witkoff (L) and US President's son-in-law and businessman Jared Kushner arrive at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 6, 2026.

'We're going to get it solved': Ukraine peace deal within reach, says US envoy Witkoff

"If both sides want to solve this, we're going to get it solved," Witkoff said in Davos. "I think we've made a lot of progress."

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Russia's Lavrov: No excuse for the barbarity of Oct. 7, but violence will repeat

Lavrov alluded to any world leaders who did not take Putin's "acts of goodwill" seriously enough may regret their lack of allegiance.

JANUARY 23, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a press conference as the BRICS Summit is held in Johannesburg, South Africa August 24, 2023.

CIA tries to recruit double agents in Russia with new video

CIA hopes to recruit Russians disaffected by Ukraine war

JANUARY 23, 2024ByREUTERS
The logo of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia March 3, 2005.

Russian air defenses down drones, missiles in Black Sea area, ministry says

Ukraine has recently stepped up attacks on Russian targets in and around Crimea.

JANUARY 19, 2024ByREUTERS
Smoke rises from the shipyard that was reportedly hit by Ukrainian missile attack in Sevastopol, Crimea, in this still image from video taken September 13, 2023.

Russia pounds Ukrainian cities after Putin vows revenge

The assault follows Russia's largest air attack on Ukraine on Friday which killed at least 39 people.

JANUARY 2, 2024ByREUTERS
Smoke rises in the sky over the city after a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 25, 2023.

Jewish man killed in Russia's largest aerial attack on Ukraine

Artyoom Reznik's home Jewish community in the city of Kharkiv mourned his loss.

DECEMBER 31, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Artyom Reznik, who was killed by Russian rocket fire.

Russia has the upper hand in arms race with the West, minister says

"I don't want to boast, but I can say that we began to gain and picked up the pace of production earlier than Western countries," a minister handling weapon production said.

DECEMBER 25, 2023ByREUTERS
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage and the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 blasts off from a launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, August 11, 2023.

Russia says fighter jets intercepted British planes over Black Sea

Russia has previously reported a number of incidents in which its fighter jets were scrambled to intercept military planes from Norway, another NATO member, over the Barents Sea.

OCTOBER 19, 2023ByREUTERS
A Russian Su-27 military aircraft dumps fuel while flying by a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 "Reaper" drone over the Black Sea, March 14, 2023

Medvedev: British troops training in Ukraine are 'legitimate targets' for Russia

"These morons are actively pushing us towards World War Three," Medvedev said.

OCTOBER 1, 2023ByREUTERS
Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev speaks during an interview with Russian media at a residence outside Moscow, Russia, March 23, 2023.

Ukraine to export grain to China, Egypt as five vessels enter Black Sea

After it invaded Ukraine last year, Moscow closed off the Black Sea ports of one of the world's biggest suppliers of grain.

OCTOBER 1, 2023ByREUTERS
Russian Navy's patrol ship Bykov class corvette Dmitry Rogachev sails in Bosphorus, on its way to the Black Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey February 16, 2022 (Illustrative).

WhatsApp to war: How Cubans were recruited to fight for Russia

Cuban authorities have been alerted of the extremity of the situation.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023ByREUTERS
Yamidely Cervantes, 42, shows an undated photo of her husband Enrique Gonzalez, 49, dressed in military uniform in a bootcamp in Russia, La Federal, Cuba, September 19, 2023